I can't believe there is a thread on here, woohoo!

All I can find right now are videos, so I will post those until I can find the perfect pictures.

Abandoned Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana
 

How did I not see this thread before?
 

"Ruin porn" is a guilty pleasure of mine. I especially love the photos which show the earth "taking back" the original structure and/or re-purposing it.

http://r2-store.distractify.netdna-c...b6182_970x.jpg
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dbLZwHJNF4...-cottage-6.jpg


Hopefully beating you to this one also...QoE

This one is pretty cool too..
 

Ooooooh.. Beautifully spookey
 

Found on Pinterest, etc. - sources unknown
 

http://media-cache-cd0.pinimg.com/73...3c5527c0e0.jpg

http://www.nature-pictures.info/wp-c...e-world-19.jpg

http://www.nature-pictures.info/wp-c...e-world-23.jpg

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...3eca98bcd6.jpg

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...a26fbebf96.jpg

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...d912a5d080.jpg

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/73...c5749abacb.jpg

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/73...2f24152ab6.jpg

Bumping...just so I can find it later at work ( where I have gooder wifi)

The Polaroid Building in 2009
 

That doll alone might give me nightmares...
 

This is gorgeous...
 

Omfg..... look at that Wisteria! !!!!!!!! My dream home!!!!!!

I have no picture to post but wanted to say something... I've always loved older architecture and often wonder what happened inside them when these places were in their prime.

Anyone else?

I'd love to sit/stand/walk in there and be able to be taken back to a typical day or maybe an event and just be an observer. What a great way to learn about history.

Unfortunately, I don't have those kind of powers but I can still make up stuff in my head.

I think the same thing, what happened inside and I usually imagine lavish parties and lots of hedonistic things as well!

QoE

http://i.imgur.com/QQmw9.jpg

Some people might give you a single flower... or maybe a boquet... but see.. I'm giving you an abandoned train track of wild flowers...

unique.. right?

I like abandoned hospitals and insane asylums!

http://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/..._Hospital2.jpg

This is in an abandoned hospital in Canada!

I don't condone exploring abandoned buildings on your own, as that's dangerous and trespassing. However, I admit I enjoy reading about it, and have books about abandoned sites in Cleveland and Columbus. Maybe my love for abandoned places ties into my love for ghost stories and haunted places.

http://arurbex.wordpress.com/

The house has murals on the walls but look at the chandelier!


http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/o...Img002type.jpg

for some reason this thread makes me sad...